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The European Green Capital award is an annual prize that encourages cities to improve the quality of urban life by systematically taking the environment into account in urban planning and management. One city is chosen from a large field of applicants every year. The Award jury considered Copenhagen’s Green Business Model to be an example of sustainable economic development, tackling environmental, economic and social concerns, with good potential for replication in other cities of the world.